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How Trump Went from Hip Hop's Gold-plated Wealth Icon to the Culture's Supervillain
The Root· 12 hours agoAs far back as 1989, rappers have name-checked this convicted felon with a penchant for bankruptcy...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoDonald Williams, who was a vital witness in the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer three years ago, is suing the city. Williams says ...
Granderson: Overcoming America's past is everyone's responsibility
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIn 2016, the teacher and activist Opal Lee walked from her home in Texas to Washington to bring...
Shot in 1.6 seconds: Video raises questions about how trooper avoided charges in Black man's death
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 hour agoFive minutes into a pursuit that began over a broken taillight, the 60-year-old Black man was dead —...
Takeaways from AP's report on new footage from the fatal shooting of a Black motorist in Georgia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 10 hours agoSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — In the summer following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, the fatal...
A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries
MPR News· 4 days agoA journalist who was shot by Minneapolis police while covering 2020 protests over the death of George Floyd is dying of her injuries. Freelance photojournalist ...
Opinion: Harvard’s backtracking on DEI highlights a bigger problem
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. When the 2020 murder...
President Biden, the time for national reparations is now
The Hill· 2 days agoWhen New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill late last year to form a state task force to study...
Today in History: June 25
The Herald Bulletin· 5 hours agoToday is TUESDAY, JUNE 25, the 177th day of 2024. In 1947, “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl...
Bestselling author Nicola Yoon says her new novel is a Black 'Stepford Wives'
The Day· 2 days agoGeorge Floyd had just been murdered. Bestselling author Nicola Yoon was hurting. In the novel, a family — Jasmyn and King Williams and their son, Kamau ...